That night, a loud scream woke everyone up from their dreams. Jessica hurriedly dressed and jumped out of bed.

There were chaotic footsteps outside the door, noisy voices, and the dazzling beam of the flashlight dazzled people.

Jessica asked a person, "What happened? Where are you going?"

The person scanned her from head to toe, as if to confirm her identity, and replied, "Someone was attacked. Now, we are going to help catch the assassin." Glancing at her again, he reminded, "I heard that the ones being attacked are all women, so you'd better not run around." After speaking, he took his arm from Jessica's hand. Pull it out, and run away in a hurry.

Jessica was stunned for a second, and suddenly felt blessed, she quickly lifted her skirt and ran after the man. Now at this stall, every plot that appears may have ulterior motives, and she cannot be absent.

The team searching for the assassin is getting bigger and bigger, most of them are strong and strong adult men. They held wooden sticks, brooms, rolling pins and other props "weapons" of different standards and functions. Some looked excited, some were dignified, and some obviously didn't understand the situation, and they followed the crowd sleepily. Behind the troops, their clothes were disheveled and their steps were messy.

Jessica was among the crowd, and it didn't take long for Plum Blossom to discover the fellow tenants who were also hiding in the team and looking around——Rachel, Richard, Kelly, Matilda... Matilda was still wearing She was wearing a dark green velvet long dress, and her fiery red curly hair was shining brightly under the light. Her face was terribly pale, and her eyes were dark and black. She looked

... " Jessica squeezed over to Matilda and asked in a low voice, and at the same time glanced at Kelly, who was obviously radiant by comparison, the teasing and ridicule in her words was self-evident.

Kelly rolled his eyes at her indifferently, then frowned, covered his lips with his hand and yawned big.

Jessica got closer and saw that Kelly was nourishing, and the red blood in those two leering fox eyes was about to overflow, obviously it was hard work, if it wasn't for the thick powder puff on his face, It is estimated that it can go out directly and scare the living to death, and scare the dead ghosts back to life.

Jessica was surprised, and she still didn't forget to speak in a low voice, and said, "What are you two doing, and why are you being tossed like this?"

Matilda naturally doesn't like to talk, she just wants to sleep now, so Kelly After taking over the conversation, he kindly explained to Jessica: "It's not because of the banquet tomorrow." Kelly's voice was also a little hoarse, but he was a drag queen after all, and showing off his sexiness has almost become a subconscious reaction. Under his modification, the originally rough and ugly voice became extremely provocative, causing many people around to turn their heads to look at him, with curiosity and inquiry in their eyes.

Kelly didn't take it seriously, and continued on by himself, "You also know that I am of low status, just a little gardener, if it wasn't for the lack of an opening dancer for tomorrow's banquet, and my shallow dancing skills just happened to be there. For the appreciation of the butler, I may never have the opportunity to enter the inner circle of the manor in this life, let alone contact with those adults who are either rich or noble. So for the smooth exchange of rewards tomorrow, and for the future life It's better, I have to practice day and night."

Jessica nodded after listening, thinking to herself, there are reasons and excuses. Then he turned his head to look at Matilda, raised his eyebrows, and silently reminded: It's your turn.

Matilda drooped her eyelids, weakly: "Audience."

Jessica looked back and forth between the two suspiciously, and suddenly thought of something, looked at Matilda in surprise and said, "You shouldn't?"

Matilda Da nodded, and wrote lightly: "Yes, I am now a temporary musician for the manor's banquet tomorrow."

Jessica didn't doubt the credibility of the two people's words. She looked at Kelly, the dancer who was dressed as a woman, and Matilda, where the old god was present. Her expression was a little subtle, and her words also had a sour taste: "I really envy you. When will Lady Luck take care of me?"

Kelly heard what she meant, and thought of the class gap between Jessica and Gloria, she couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic. But what he said could drive Jessica to death.

He took Matilda's arm and complained half-truthfully: "Oh, what is there to envy, but I live closer. People will think I'm annoying when we meet every day. Why don't you Like you and Gloria, although we are farther away, our relationship grows deeper, and every time we meet is like an adventure for love, exciting and romantic."

Seeing Kelly holding his heart with his mouth slightly raised, a picture Looking fascinated, Jessica couldn't tell how much sincerity was in his words for a moment, and couldn't help but have a complicated expression.

She felt that she might suffer internal injuries if she continued to listen to him, so she quickly interrupted him and slipped away as an excuse to find other tenants.

With a smile hidden in Kelly's eyes, he watched Jessica go away, but held Matilda's hand tighter.

He remembered that at the beginning of the show, Jessica was the first to gain the favor of Matilda from his family, and after the two confirmed their relationship, Matilda would mention Jessica from time to time, with a lot of praise in her words, This makes Kelly, who is sensitive, petty and jealous, have to be on guard against Jessica - after all, Matilda is different from him, his heterosexuality is 100% pure, but Matilda's is not.

Staying away from the two who abused the dog, Jessica felt much more at ease.

She looked around, her eyes widening involuntarily. While she was chatting with Kelly and Matilda, the team had already marched to the center of the manor, with the familiar smooth stone slabs under their feet, and the scene of Allen "going to die generously" in the fire that day appeared before her eyes again ——"Could it be that someone is going to be burned to death today?" Thinking of this possibility, she couldn't help but gasped.

"Stop!"

An order came from ahead, and the mighty team stopped immediately. Although the people standing in the back row also stopped, they were still confused about the current situation, so they stood on tiptoes and tried to stretch their necks to look forward. mouse.

Jessica was about to join the groundhogs when the man who gave the orders spoke again, this time standing on the steps with a loudspeaker in his hand: "Gentlemen, sorry to use this This is a last resort to bring everyone here, I hope everyone can understand." When the

words came out, everyone was stunned, and their expressions changed immediately, but more people were still kept in the dark. You looked at me and I looked at you with a confused face. It was not until they saw a large number of black-robed law enforcement officers pouring into the square and surrounded the crowd that they realized that something was wrong. Gathering together, they wanted to ask the people on the high platform for an explanation without being very united.

Jessica felt uneasy, and subconsciously wanted to get closer to Kelly and the others. The law enforcers happened to intersperse silently, dividing the crowd into several parts. Kelly and Kelly happened to be drawn in another square, and at this time they could only look at each other from a distance across the crowd.

Close contact with the majestic law enforcement team, the noisy crowd suddenly lost their confidence, and the voice of protest became smaller and smaller, and gradually fell silent.

The man on the high platform was satisfied, and then he got to the point: "Three days ago, a vicious gangster infiltrated the manor. He was good at disguising and was ruthless. After hearing the wind, he went out and committed crimes recklessly, and now three people have been brutally killed by him. It is also because of our poor monitoring that he has been hidden for so long, and pity those young lives like flowers..." He paused slightly at this point, raised his hand to wipe Wiping the corners of his eyes, he seemed to blame himself for not discovering the existence of the gangster early, then he raised his voice and said impassionedly, "Now that the gangster has finally shown his feet, I believe we will be able to bring the gangster to justice. Blood to comfort the souls of those innocent girls who died tragically!"

He looked around the crowd, and his voice sank: "Now more than half of the servants in the manor are here, so I need at least three of you to testify against each other's identities and tell the truth about yourself. Where were you, what were you doing in the first four nights including today, and who can prove it. It is related to the safety of all personnel in the manor. I hope you will actively cooperate with our investigation. If the investigation is more difficult, don't blame us for being merciless, and deal with it as a gangster's accomplice!"

"Give you five minutes, and find witnesses to prove your innocence as soon as possible." After the words

fell, the crowd became commotion, looking left and right to find Relatives and friends, those pushing and shoving to squeeze into other phalanxes, and even those who rushed to the doctor in a hurry and dragged the people around them to give confessions, the whole scene was very lively.

Jessica was a little worried. Her two neighbors just quit their jobs not long ago, and they happened to be not here at this time. If they just prove their identities, they can cooperate with Kelly and Matilda, but there is no way to prove that they did not go out for the previous four nights. . She frowned and thought to herself: Forget it, let's take one step at a time. The program team will never arrange a dead move here. If the contestants are eliminated in this way, the audience will probably not buy it. Thinking of this, Jessica felt a little relieved, she tiptoed to find where Kelly and Kelly were, and tried to squeeze through the crowd with both hands.

Just as she was struggling to shuttle through the sea of ​​people, a person approached quietly and patted her on the shoulder: "Hey, help me."

Jessica was startled, and turned her head in a hurry, seeing the person behind her was James, the widened eyes gradually returned to their original shape. She rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction, and complained in a low voice: "You are so sneaky, you almost scared me to death. I thought I was being targeted by gangsters."

James' eyes flashed, and then he smiled: "I'm sorry, I have to. Can you be my time witness for a while?"

Jessica glanced at him, knowing it in her heart, and said with a smile: "Of course it's okay, we are together!" She meant to mean Both of them were tenants, but James didn't know what to think, his eyes were shining brightly, and his attitude towards Jessica couldn't help getting closer.

Jessica and James went through the human defense line of the black-robed law enforcement team to find Kelly and Matilda. The four of them agreed with each other and felt that there was nothing wrong. Matilda suddenly looked at James. He asked, "Are you still chopping firewood in the kitchen in the backyard?"

James was stunned, and his answer was slow for a moment, "Oh, yes, that's right." Fortunately, the other three didn't seem to notice anything unusual , and Matilda seemed to just ask casually. He felt relieved, and laughed to himself that he was really impatient, maybe he was not born to do bad things.

As soon as the five-minute time limit was up, the man on the stage ordered everyone to stop communicating, and stepped forward one by one to confess their innocence according to the principle of voluntariness.

Everyone hesitated and refused to be the first to go up, the man got impatient and threatened: "If no one is willing to prove themselves, then I will assume that you are deliberately covering up the murderer!" He winked at the person next to him , the black-robed law enforcement team immediately shrank inward, as if as long as the man gave an order, they would take everyone down.

When people saw this, they panicked and rushed out, fearing that if they moved too slowly, they would be regarded as gangsters and sent to the rack.

Of course, there are still some people who still have doubts, but after seeing the people who came out first, they were not questioned too much after verifying their identities. Instead, they were placed on the other side, and the law enforcement team stood around them. When they saw the situation of protection, they immediately gave up the idea of ​​continuing to wait and see, and decisively joined the flow of frankness and leniency.

Jessica felt that the four of them were upright and had no shady secrets, so she dragged her teammates into the queue.

There were two more groups and it was their turn. Jessica was suddenly a little nervous, and hurriedly asked her teammates to correct her words again.

James was a little absent-minded, and while coping with Jessica's interrogation, he glanced at Rachel without any trace—she was in a group with Lindsay, Andrew, and Amy, and had already passed the interrogation by the law enforcement team. Standing in the newly formed phalanx opposite. Rachel also saw James, and the two exchanged eyes that only each other could understand, and then they looked away.

James remained motionless, but quietly let go of the only worry in his heart. Looking back, he saw Jessica who was so nervous that she stomped her feet unconsciously. A ray of guilt flashed through James' eyes, and then disappeared without a trace.

"The next group." The man on the stage stood all night, but he didn't feel tired at all. He sent the group next to him away, and looked straight at Jessica and the others like a torch.

Jessica immediately felt her breath stagnate, and the manuscript that she had memorized fluently also became a little fuzzy. A thought suddenly popped up in her mind—"The visitor is not good!"

Jessica had no choice but to bite the bullet at this moment, even though her heart was pounding. She took a deep breath, remained calm, and led her friends forward.

The man sized up the four of them and said calmly, "Who will come first?"

Jessica quietly exhaled the breath she took for courage, and replied with a smile: "Me." She finished the previously agreed speech without haste, and then looked at Mattie who was supposed to take over the narration Erda. Just as Matilda was about to speak, the man suddenly pointed at James and said, "Speak." The

four of them were slightly startled when their pace was disrupted. But fortunately, their lines are well-written and memorized, there is no obvious time cause and effect between each other, and it doesn't matter who comes first. So James quickly regained his composure, spoke his words calmly, and looked at Matilda again.

This time the man didn't make trouble anymore, and Matilda and Kelly also successfully expressed their identities.

According to the pattern of the previous groups, now the man should wave his hand to let them pass, but the man did not move, but looked at them with a half-smile.

Jessica asked inexplicably, "Can we go there?" The

man shook his head, still smiling and pretending to be mysterious, and said, "Is there anything else to say?"

Jessica thought Surprised, she couldn't help wondering if she had missed something, "Could it be that they have some evidence against us? Or did the people in front say something about us?" Jessica's expression kept changing.

"We don't know what you're talking about. We've explained everything we need to say." Jessica tentatively said.

The man waved his hand, "No, no, beautiful lady, more than one of you is lying, I can see that. You better think again, because my patience is running out." He pointed He looked at the four of them one by one, the white and black eyeballs were like two scanners, when he was staring at them, it seemed that no matter how well-hidden his thoughts were, there would be no way to hide them. Jessica and the others were inexplicably guilty, or bowed or turned their heads to avoid looking at him.

The shock in James' heart was even greater. He had a secret hidden in him, but when he was stopped at this time, the other party still looked like "I know your secret". He was so nervous that his palms burst out Sweaty, can only keep rubbing on the pants.

Kelly was standing next to him, noticing that he was a little disgusted by his actions, and quietly moved into Matilda's arms, a little away from James.

Seeing that no one spoke, the man felt depressed, but the plot must continue to advance, so he could only continue to induce: "Maybe you have forgotten, then let me remind you. One day, in the garden, in

a deserted place." These common words don't have any special meaning at all, but if someone with a dark heart hears them, they will make up a big drama by themselves in minutes. The man who had read the script was confident, and after saying this, he folded his arms and waited leisurely for the other party to come to his door.

Jessica's heart tightened, and she raised her head abruptly. Her thoughts instantly returned to two days ago, in the depths of the inaccessible garden, a voice coldly ordered: "This is your chance to redeem your sins, don't be stupid."

Could it be...that mysterious person is him? !

No, it won't be him! If he was really behind the scenes, seeing himself as a witness, it was too late to help cover up, so how could he mention it in public?

Or was he also there at the time, and happened to see her flee in a hurry?

Jessica had a lot of thoughts in her head, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that the man's words were connoting herself, but she couldn't help but take a chance, betting that the man didn't know the truth and was just deceiving them, so she gritted her teeth and firmly held her feet together. Nailed to the ground, his waist straightened up, and he confronted the man with an upright and upright aura.

The man looked calm on the surface, but he was complaining in his heart that Jessica didn't follow the rules.

As time passed, the crowd on both sides became a little impatient and began to whisper.

The man ran out of patience, winked at one of them, and said in his heart, "Don't blame me for being cruel, you are really unreasonable. Our plot can't be stuck here." At the same time, he walked towards Jessica and the others Go, I'm going to forcibly send these people to the plot.

Seeing the man approaching with a gloomy expression, Jessica was in a bad mood. She was just about to recognize herself who appeared in the garden two days ago, but someone around her was one step ahead of her.

James: "I did it. I 'killed' people, and it has nothing to do with them."

As soon as the words came out, everyone was shocked.

Jessica's eyes were wide open, embedded